is the destablizing the mali government. now nearby regions are seeing that there is a north african movement of islamism, or islamist. they're seeing weakening governments. they're using economic interests and foreign nationals as weapons because the biggest threat to the jihadist movement is western interests in the area and if they can get us to pull out, get france and europe to pull out, companies like this algerian gas company that was working with british and working with the norway statoil, if they can get them to pull out they will be more able to establish a foothold like they have done in mali and continue to spread into this vacuum that we have been completely missing in action with. melissa: steven, when you hear about the billion barrels in iraq, do you discount it because he hear about attacks like this in algeria? you realize again, just how difficult it is to get this oil to market? >> well, indeed. the situation in algeria, melissa, reminds us how vulnerable these situation situations in north africa is as